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With global climate change affecting the farming seasons and production of crops, it is very difficult for farming communities to depend solely on their harvest of goods for sustenance and additional income. Because their family farms are not as profitable as in the past, many of the Bagurugu community members are looking for outside sources of providing for their homes. They, however, are lacking severely in business skills needed for expanding any sort of operation above the informal level.

The intention of the project is two-fold: to increase the general income of the participating members, but more importantly, to better equip the participants to expand their business of rabbit rearing and/or move on to other projects in which they can transfer the knowledge gained during this experience.

Younger members of the community are the target group for this project, as they are less likely to have commitments to family members and any work outside the main family farm. They are also extremely open to new and unproven business ventures. The youth that have been chosen to participate are ones with an expressed interest of a future in business and they are willing to invest their time and efforts into raising rabbits as a means of income generation. They are also able to see their participation in this project as a means of gaining useful knowledge they hope to soon practice as they enter the workforce.

The project will commence with a small informational session provided by a representative from the Ministry of Agriculture (Tamale). He will give the participants basic information on rabbit rearing and the management of the animals. During this phase, a carpenter will be working on ten hutches (three separate compartments). Once the hutches are complete, each participant will take one to his or her house where they will be given a buck and a doe rabbit that will immediately begin mating. After the offspring are born, the participants will keep accurate and detailed records of their births and deaths as well as their sale or consumption by the family. The participants are also expected to donate at least one male and one female rabbit in the future to other community members interested in starting their own business.

Capacity-building meeting with a representative from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Purchase hutch building materials.

Construction of the hutches.

Introduction of rabbits to hutches and conjugal visits (the mating of rabbits).

Each of the participants will be required to keep a written record of their rabbits' births and deaths, as well as the sales and the family consumption. They will also keep a journal to track the finances with regards to the revenue and expenditure of the rabbit project. This will teach them the importance of finding a pattern and detecting connections between sales and the time of year, in addition to seeing a direct correlation between their input and the monetary gain they will be making. The records will be checked by the PCV or the counterpart weekly, beginning with the commencement of the project.